“Nombres dignos de memoria”: writing the History of Mexican Art in the Nineteenth-Century
A review of the earliest publications on colonial art in Mexico from the mid to latenineteenth century reveals the roles of nationalism and partisan politics in the documentation andinterpretation of colonial works of art. In the 1840s and 1850s, numerous articles were publishedin newspapers that de...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2021
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/rhac/article/view/13375 |
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| Summary: | A review of the earliest publications on colonial art in Mexico from the mid to latenineteenth century reveals the roles of nationalism and partisan politics in the documentation andinterpretation of colonial works of art. In the 1840s and 1850s, numerous articles were publishedin newspapers that describe various viceregal churches and monasteries. By mid-century, theAcademy of San Carlos would take the lead in the process of defining a history of Mexican art andreframing colonial works of art as works by national artists. José Bernardo Couto, president of SanCarlos started by building the collection of painting representing the Old Mexican School and thenwriting the first sustained history of painting in Mexico. When looking at the early development ofart history writing in Mexico in the latter part of the nineteenth century, it is equally important torecognize that Mexican art during this period was drawing the attention of individuals fromoutside of Mexico, specifically in the United States. One such individual was Robert HenryLamborn, a railroad mogul and art collector whose research and writing on the subject must beseen, not exclusively but in large part, as an outgrowth of his business interests. Comparing thework of someone like Robert H. Lamborn to Couto’s underlines the degree to which politicizednationalistic tendencies were shaping the narratives that were being written in Mexico City, andhow that vision differed in relation to foreign perspectives of the same. |
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| ISSN: | 2675-9829 |
